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Christina Weir
Christina Weir is a writer of comic books and television. She writes with her husband, Nunzio DeFilippis, whom she met while they were both students at Vassar College. The two have written for two seasons on HBO's '' Arli$$'', and have sold story ideas to the Disney Channel's ''Kim Possible''. In comics, they have written several graphic novels and miniseries for independent publisher Oni Press, including ''Skinwalker, Three Strikes, Maria's Wedding, The Tomb, Once In A Blue Moon'', the Amy Devlin Mysteries, Frenemy Of The State (written with Rashida Jones), and the upcoming Bad Medicine. Their work at Oni led to work at Marvel Comics, relaunching the teen mutant book ''New Mutants''. This book was renamed '' New X-Men: Academy X''. Their run on these books spanned three years and created almost two dozen new super-powered mutant characters for Marvel's X-Men franchise, including Surge, Hellion, Wind Dancer, Prodigy, Wallflower, Elixir, Tag, Rockslide, Mercury, Anole, and W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunzio DeFilippis
Nunzio DeFilippis is an American writer of comic books and television. He writes with his wife, Christina Weir, whom he met while they were both students at Vassar College. The two have written for two seasons on HBO's '' Arli$$'', and have sold story ideas to the Disney Channel's '' Kim Possible''. In comics, they have written several graphic novels and miniseries for independent publisher Oni Press, including ''Skinwalker, Three Strikes, Maria's Wedding, The Tomb, Once In A Blue Moon'' the Amy Devlin Mysteries, Frenemy Of The State (written with Rashida Jones), and Bad Medicine. Their work at Oni led to work at Marvel Comics, relaunching the teen mutant book ''New Mutants''. This book was renamed '' New X-Men: Academy X''. Their run on these books spanned three years and created almost two dozen new super-powered mutant characters for Marvel's X-Men franchise, including Surge, Hellion, Wind Dancer, Prodigy, Wallflower, Elixir, Tag, Rockslide, Mercury, Anole, and Wither. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wind Dancer (comics)
Sofia Elizabeth Mantega, also known as Wind Dancer and formerly known as Renascence, is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. One of the student body in the Xavier Institute, she is a member of the New Mutants squad therein. Her first appearance was in ''New Mutants'', vol. 2 #1. At the beginning of ''New Mutants'' vol. 2, she is 16 years old. Fictional character biography Early life Sofia was born and lived most of her life in Caracas, Venezuela. While under the care of her uncle, Sofia's mother is killed in a riot. Her only Venezuelan adult relative, an uncle, is unable to support her in addition to his own children, so she is sent to her father, who had been previously unaware of her existence. The head of a major supermarket chain located in the United States, Walter Barrett is a cold, asocial man with no interest in a daughter. As such, he extracts from her a promise that she would learn English before school started, she woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Seas Entertainment
Seven Seas Entertainment is an American publishing company located in Los Angeles, California. It was originally dedicated to the publication of original English-language manga, but now publishes licensed manga and light novels from Japan, as well as select webcomics. The company is headed by Jason DeAngelis, who coined the term " world manga" with the October 2004 launch of the company's website. History In April 2005, Seven Seas became the first manga publisher to release downloadable manga content for the PlayStation Portable and, as a result, gained over 12,000 downloads in the first five days. Seven Seas followed the PlayStation Portable announcement with enlisting the platinum-selling Filipino group the J Brothers to create a theme song for its web OEL manga series ''Aoi House'' entitled "Itsumo Futaride". During Comic-Con 2005, Seven Seas Entertainment premiered the pilot of its ''No Man's Land'' flash anime series and later followed it with a flash animation music vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman Confidential
''Batman Confidential'' is an American monthly comic book series from DC Comics which debuted on December 6, 2006 and concluded on March 2, 2011. Like a previous Batman series, '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'', ''Batman Confidential'' featured stories by rotating creative teams set in the early years of modern Batman’s career, post-'' Batman: Year One'', and illustrated formative moments in the character’s past, such as first encounters with allies and foes. Story arcs Rules of Engagement (#1-6) The first story arc by Andy Diggle and Whilce Portacio features Batman, roughly a year after he started fighting crime, in his first encounter with Superman’s nemesis Lex Luthor. A long-distance laser sniper rifle is used to kill a murderer Batman is questioning. Batman begins investigating the type of weapon, and discovers the only thing that his company had created as far as energy weapons go could not be simply carried by one man. The next day, Bruce Wayne and Lex Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures Of Superman (comic Book)
''Superman'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Superman as its main protagonist. Superman began as one of several anthology features in the National Periodical Publications comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 in June 1938. The strip proved so popular that National launched Superman into his own self-titled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with the cover date Summer 1939. Between 1986 and 2006 it was retitled, ''The Adventures of Superman'', while a new series used the title ''Superman''. In May 2006, it was returned to its original title and numbering. The title was canceled with issue #714 in 2011, and was relaunched with issue #1 the following month which ended its run in 2016. A fourth series was released in June 2016 and ended in April 2018, while the fifth series was launched in July 2018 and ended in June 2021. The series was replaced by ''Superman: Son of Kal-El'' in July 2021, featuring adventures of Superman's son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byrne, are credited as being his inspiration for the character's appearance. Wonder Woman appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character is a founding member of the Justice League. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8 published October 21, 1941''All Star Comics'' #8 was cover-dated December/January 1941/1942, but published October 21, 1941. (SeLibrary of Congress ) with her first feature in ''Sensation Comics'' #1 in January 1942. The ''Wonder Woman (comic book), Wonder Woman'' title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously ever since. In her homeland, the island nation of Themyscira (DC Comics), Themyscira, her official title is Princess Diana of Themyscira. When b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg. It is widely known for some of the most famous and recognizable teams including the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. The universe also features a large number of well-known supervillains such as the Joker, Lex Luthor, the Cheetah, the Reverse-Flash, Black Manta, Sinestro, and Darkseid. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including ''Watchmen'', '' V for Vendetta'', '' Fables'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wither (comics)
Wither (Kevin Ford) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He has been a member of the student body at the Xavier Institute, a member of the Hellions training squad, and a supervillain as a part of Selene's Coven. Fictional character biography When Kevin Ford's powers first manifested, he panicked. His father tried to calm him down, but Kevin's power reduced him to dust. A talented artist, Kevin lives in a scrap yard and turns unwanted scrap into beautiful art. He is found by Danielle Moonstar and brought to the Xavier Institute, where he begins to develop friendships with Laurie Collins, David Alleyne, and Sofia Mantega. When Donald Pierce attacks them and impales Laurie, Kevin lashes out and uses his power on Pierce. To stop him from killing Pierce, Moonstar shows him his worst fear - using his power on an innocent person. Frightened by the physiological pleasure he experienced when using his power on Pierce, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anole (comics)
Anole (Victor Borkowski) is a fictional Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Christina Weir and Nunzio DeFilippis and first appeared in issue #2 of New Mutants#The New Mutants, vol. 2, ''New Mutants'' vol. 2 (August 2003). A student at the X-Mansion, Xavier Institute and junior member of the X-Men, Anole is also openly Homosexuality, gay. His reptilian mutation grants him superhuman abilities including wallcrawling, a prehensile tongue, and Active camouflage#In animals, adaptive camouflage. Initially a supporting character in ''New Mutants'' vol. 2 and its relaunched title, ''New X-Men (2004 series), New X-Men: Academy X'', Weir and DeFilippis intended for the character to commit Teenage suicide, suicide early in the series after coming out as gay and finding himself rejected by his family and friends. According to the writers, the story was to serve as a message about intolerance. Marvel editors s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury (Marvel Comics)
Mercury (Cessily Kincaid) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has appeared in the ''X-Men'' series. She is a teenage member of the student body at the Xavier Institute and a recurring member of the X-Men. Publication history Mercury first appeared in ''New Mutants'', vol. 2 #2 in Aug. 2003. Fictional character biography Introduction Cessily Kincaid, an Irish American, was raised in Portland, Oregon by her parents Mark and Jill, who, according to DeFilippis, used to dote over her. When Cessily's powers manifested, her parents were disgusted and made her stay indoors so as to hide her mutation. In response, she was sent to the Xavier Institute where she befriended Julian Keller and was placed as Laurie Collins' roommate for a while. After the school was rebuilt, she was selected by Emma Frost to be on her Hellions squad. She's extremely close to Santo Varroco and Julian Keller whom she spends most of her time wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockslide (comics)
Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) is a fictional mutant superhero and member of the X-Men in the . He is a student in the Xavier Institute and a member of the former Hellions squad therein. After M-Day, he was one of only 28 students to retain his powers. He is best friends with Julian Keller ( Hellion) and is extremely close to and protective of Cessily Kincaid ( Mercury). Despite his earlier appearances as a stereotypical bully, he has evolved into a good-natured (though extremely boastful) and fiercely protective friend to most of the school's students. Publication history Rockslide first appeared in ''New Mutants'' vol. 2 #3 and was created by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir. Fictional character biography An Italian-American mutant from Boston, Santo was sent to the Xavier Institute where he befriended Julian and the would-be Hellions. He was originally advised by Iceman, but was selected by Emma Frost to be part of her prized Hellions squad. Vaccaro and the rest of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tag (comics)
Several fictional groups of mutants have used the name Hellions in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Hellions have always been portrayed as rivals of various teams of younger mutant heroes in the X-Men franchise, initially as actual villains and later on a team that was more of a school rival than actual enemies of the X-Men. The first and most notable incarnation of the Hellions were students of Emma Frost and the Hellfire Club's Massachusetts Academy, and were rivals of the New Mutants. The original Hellions first appeared in ''New Mutants'' #16 (June 1984), created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Sal Buscema. This version of the Hellions ended after an attack by Trevor Fitzroy and a squadron of Sentinels that killed several Hellions. Two later groups known as the Hellions or New Hellions both fought against various X groups such as Generation X and X-Force. In ''New X-Men: Academy X'' a new group of Hellions were introduced, this time they were a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
